짜다

to be salty

TOPIK 1 1급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
짠
아/어Infinitive
짜
-으니Since
짜니
합니다Formal
짭니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 짜요짭니다짜짜다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 짰어요짰습니다짰어짰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 짜겠어요짜겠습니다짜겠어짜겠다
-을 것이다Going to 짤 거예요짤 것입니다짤 거야짤 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 짜요?짭니까?짜?짜니?
과거Past 짰어요?짰습니까?짰어?짰니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 짜요안 짭니다안 짜안 짜다
-지 않다Not (long) 짜지 않아요짜지 않습니다짜지 않아짜지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 짜세요짜십니다짜셔짜시다
과거Past 짜셨어요짜셨습니다짜셨어짜셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
짠
과거Past
짠
미래Future
짤
회상Used to
짜던

Joining clauses

-고and
짜고
-게-ly / so that
짜게
-어서so / and then
짜서
-으니까since
짜니까
-으면if / when
짜면
-지만but
짜지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
짠데
-어도even if
짜도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그 물은 사해보다 더 짜다.

The water is saltier than the Dead Sea!

이 국 너무 짜요.

This soup is too salty.

소금을 많이 넣으면 음식이 짜다.

If you put in a lot of salt, the food is salty.

난 친철한 사람은 아냐 보수도 짜지

I wouldn't be nice to you. I don't pay much.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 짜다 in Korean?

짜다 (to be salty) is 짜요 in the polite 해요체, 짭니다 in formal 합니다체, 짜 in casual 반말 and 짜다 in the plain written style. The past is 짰어요.

What is the past tense of 짜다?

짰어요 in everyday polite speech, 짰습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 짜 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 짜다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 짭니다, 짜, 짜니 all keep 짜 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 짜다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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